Definition of Tussah. Meaning of Tussah. Synonyms of Tussah

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Definition of Tussah

Tussah
Tussah Tus"sah Tusseh Tus"seh(t[u^]s"s[.a]), n. [Also tussa, tussar, tusser, tussur, etc.] [Prob. fr. Hind. tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara, trasara.] An undomesticated East Indian silkworn (Anther[ae]a mylitta), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants.

Meaning of Tussah from wikipedia

- Tussar silk (alternatively spelled as tussah, tushar, t****ar, tussore, tasar, tussur, or tusser, and also known as (Sanskrit) kosa silk) is produced from...
- for its silk. It is referred to as tussah, Chinese tussah, oak tussah, or temperate tussah. It is the source of tussah spinning fiber that is used in the...
- subspecies of the ailanthus silkmoth and several types of tussah or Tasar moths: the Chinese tussah moth, the Indian Tasar moth, and the muga moth. The subspecies...
- also fed on by the Antheraea paphia moth which produces the t****ar silk (Tussah), a form of wild silk of commercial importance. Studies on dhava tannins...
- wild on forest trees, e.g Antheraea paphia which produces the tasar silk (Tussah). Antheraea paphia feeds on several trees such as Anogeissus latifolia,...
- as food by Antheraea paphia (silkworms) which produce the t****ar silk (Tussah), a form of commercially important wild silk. The bark is used medicinally...
- shoulders, and another on her wrist and thumb. She was buried in a yellow silk tussah blouse, a crimson-and-white striped wool skirt with a t****el belt, thigh-high...
- as Tussah silk (wild silk). Silkworm larvae produce the first type if cultivated in habitats with fresh mulberry leaves for consumption, while Tussah silk...
- are of major commercial importance in tussah and wild silk production. These notably include the Chinese tussah moth (Antheraea pernyi), its hybridogenic...
- wool. Other interesting products were the silkworm and the wild silk or tussah (tussor) Worm. The first needed the white mulberry for food; and the second...